.so I'll never call it "vanilla" although some others may.. 
Posted 03/28/2015 4:48 pm
Thanks Rob...Your valued feedback and time given to me is always appreciated..
If we thought of getting into die states as a method of valuing our 59's ,..it could get very murky ..
As okie has brought up before,..
Try to find the perfect 59,.,that is one without any doubling in the date..or re-cutting of the leaves,..or the legend or the obverse legend.. no re-punching in the letters on either side allowed in this search....
That's a very very tough one to find ,..or next to impossible..and therefore the "rarest of them all".. A "pure vanilla" without any variety to be found on that 59..
.. struck off of the new perfect die from the perfect matrix.
..But supposedly not very collectable as there isn't a variety in it..and of no added premium..(food for thought)
Here are a few more pics ..with some details showing up better..
The rim die crack shows better here,..as does the large RP in the 5. ..better pics are always needed.
Cracks appear all over this cent and the die was surely on it's last legs ..
...but I can see only the fewest and finest of contacts on this cent..and that's what persuaded me to buy this coin ~30 years ago..
some of the fine lines showing in the 9 and around it, are on the surface plastic and many come from the ICCS double plastic and are not on this cent..
Naturally it's one of my favorites..
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If we thought of getting into die states as a method of valuing our 59's ,..it could get very murky ..
As okie has brought up before,..
Try to find the perfect 59,.,that is one without any doubling in the date..or re-cutting of the leaves,..or the legend or the obverse legend.. no re-punching in the letters on either side allowed in this search....
That's a very very tough one to find ,..or next to impossible..and therefore the "rarest of them all".. A "pure vanilla" without any variety to be found on that 59..
.. struck off of the new perfect die from the perfect matrix.
..But supposedly not very collectable as there isn't a variety in it..and of no added premium..(food for thought)
Here are a few more pics ..with some details showing up better..
The rim die crack shows better here,..as does the large RP in the 5. ..better pics are always needed.
Cracks appear all over this cent and the die was surely on it's last legs ..
...but I can see only the fewest and finest of contacts on this cent..and that's what persuaded me to buy this coin ~30 years ago..
some of the fine lines showing in the 9 and around it, are on the surface plastic and many come from the ICCS double plastic and are not on this cent..
Naturally it's one of my favorites..
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Edited by DEVLEC
03/28/2015 9:26 pm
03/28/2015 9:26 pm
and when he first used it with me it was in connection with 1859s. As for your late state #4, it is a very beautiful example. What flavor a potential buyer in an auction would find it is anybody's guess -- probably somewhere north of vanilla but south of tuti-fruity.
